Abstract:
The initiative focused on the multiple vulnerabilities of young women in the region and lessons learned from an array of policies and programs that have aspired to provide them opportunities to improve their lives. The reports generated under program auspices examine challenges and advances for women in specific communities in five settings – San Salvador (El Salvador), San José (Costa Rica), Cali (Colombia), Buenos Aires (Argentina), and Montevideo (Uruguay). While each community of young women is distinctive in its own way, experiences of violence, poverty, and discrimination are widespread. Together, the cases portray a picture that is representative of systems of violence and marginalization that prevail across Latin America and the Caribbean.
